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GABRIEL SHAFFER AND THE CLEAR HEADED KILLING JOKE By RC MillerIn September of 2007, Gabriel Shaffer and I participated in a joint exhibit combining his paintings with my poetry, allowing both art forms to react with and against the other. We called it ‘Animal Returns,’ and as the title suggests, we embraced the experience as a journey through the guts, the teeth, the eggs and semen of raw creation. For me the result was startling. Without prior knowledge of the subject of my poetry, Gabriel somehow conjured direct images of individuals, memories, and nightmares from my mind as if they were his own. His paintings explicitly illustrated the ghostly presences that haunt and bless my existence. How Gabriel was able to fully envision my abstract thoughts, and raise fantastical paintings of deep and beautiful instinct I will never comprehend. This uncanny ability is his gift, and I was the lucky recipient of its power.Gabriel Shaffer is that rare artist who fiercely explores his own vision and refuses any easier life as a compromise. Gabriel’s talents are born out of an endless reservoir of ideas and a necessity to share what he cannot control. He has no choice but to paint, and generously offers his viewers realms beyond immediate understanding. We are arrested by his three-headed feathered reptiles wearing evocative bone masks of erotic woman and lively mystics. We dwell in his rigid cities awash in biblical comedy, onionskin shadows, and the gore of a gallbladder burst. Sometimes a childlike innocence invades his canvas, providing an incubator of relief while outside red blizzards burn the ocean to crust. Through his intense paintings, drawings, and collage, Gabriel Shaffer reminds us that freedom from the known is the only way to survive.
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Heres an interview that was printed in todays Asheville citizen times. Thanks to Paul Clark for his support!


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Check out this event: Secret Code

Hosted By: Gabriel ShafferWhen: Friday Oct 03, 2008 at 6:00 PMWhere The Gallery at Screen Arts228 W. King stSt Augustine, FL 32084United StatesDescription:Gabriel Shaffer Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Gabriel Shaffer on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:46:00 PST

Secret Code, 3 man show, Jesse Reno, Thinkmule and Gabriel Shaffer opens this weekend!

Featuring new works by self taught artists and friends, Gabriel Shaffer, Jesse Reno and ThinkMule (Jeremy Pruitt.) All three artists create work with rich surface qualities and other worldly narrative...
Posted by Gabriel Shaffer on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:40:00 PST

Updates/Shows

Hello everybody,Ive got a few things to announce, In early December i will have major works featured with theSatellite Gallery, at the Gen Art Vanguard, New ContemporaryArt Fair,during Miami Art Bas...
Posted by Gabriel Shaffer on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:04:00 PST

Mountain Xpress review for "If You Want Blood"

Mountain Xpress 9/17/08Image maker"If You Want Blood riffs off history to push boundaries"by Brian Butler One gets the distinct impression that Gabriel Shaffer enjoys the path of visual exploration so...
Posted by Gabriel Shaffer on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:23:00 PST

Check out this video: ShafferCast Episode 2 (5-18-2008)

Check out this video: ShafferCast Episode 2 (5-18-2008) ..Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Gabriel Shaffer on Sun, 25 May 2008 05:49:00 PST

New Website

Take a look at the new and improved site,http://www.gabrielshaffer.comKudos to designer and old friend Jude, for the amazing work!
Posted by Gabriel Shaffer on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:49:00 PST

Check out this video: ShafferCast Episode 1 (2-13-2008)

Check out this video: ShafferCast Episode 1 (2-13-2008) Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Gabriel Shaffer on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:06:00 PST

Heres a poem RC Miller wrote about my work.

"After visiting with Gabriel last autumn, and thinking about our long friendship and his development into the remarkable artist that he is today, I wrote some lines that best captures my perspective o...
Posted by Gabriel Shaffer on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:48:00 PST